The ITV soap landlord and taxi driver - played by Simon Gregson - is to discover a suspicious-looking mole on his arm and jump to the worst conclusion, leaving his family and friends horrified at the prospect of him developing skin cancer.

Steve will be caught inspecting his arm by girlfriend Michelle Connor (played by Kym Marsh) before admitting he thinks he's developed the illness.

He confesses: "It's a mole and what's more, it wasn't there before, I'm sure of it.